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CDC has awarded more than $8 million in supplemental funding to 38 states, territories, and local jurisdictions to establish, enhance, and maintain information-gathering systems to rapidly detect microcephaly–a serious birth defect of the brain–and other adverse outcomes.

The current Zika outbreak is unprecedented. Although it was first identified almost 70 years ago, Zika virus has only recently been identified as a cause of microcephaly and other severe fetal brain defects. Never before in history has a bite from a ...

Today’s Zika outbreak is unprecedented. Although it was first identified almost 70 years ago, Zika virus has only now been identified as a cause of microcephaly and other severe fetal brain defects. Never before in history has there been a situatio...

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S). Office of Public Health Preparedness and Response.

Published:

March 2017

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An emergency can happen at any moment, and the U.S. must be ready to respond to pandemics, natural disasters, and other public health threats. Our action – or inaction : – in this area directly affects the health of the American people and is a m...